Efficient production of menaquinone (vitamin K2) by a menadione-resistant mutant of Bacillus subtilis.
J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol
; 26(3): 115-20, 2001 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-11420649
ABSTRACT
Efficient production of menaquinone (MK) by Bacillus subtilis was achieved. An edible strain of B. subtilis, isolated from the traditional Japanese food natto, was mutated to improve MK productivity. A menadione-resistant mutant producing 30% more MK than its parent strain was obtained. Soybean extract and glycerol were the best nitrogen and carbon sources, respectively, among the sources tested. Addition of yeast extract also increased MK productivity. The maximum concentration of MK reached about 35.0 mg/l after 4 days of culture in a jar fermenter. The pH of the medium decreased to 5.5 after the start of cultivation, then spontaneously increased to 7.7-8.0. This pH change might be important in the production of MK because only small amounts of MK were obtained when pH was controlled at 5.7, 6.0, 7.0, 7.5 or 8.0.
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Assunto principal:
Bacillus subtilis
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Vitamina K
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Mutação
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2001
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Article